Common Name: MADDER FAMILY Habit: Annual to tree, vine. Leaf: generally opposite (whorled), entire; stipules generally fused to stem, adjacent pairs occasionally fused, or occasionally leaf-like and appearing like whorled leaves. Inflorescence: cyme, panicle, spike, cluster, or flower 1, generally terminal and +- axillary. Flower: generally bisexual; calyx +- 4(5)-lobed, occasionally 0 (Galium, Crucianella) or 6 (Sherardia); corolla generally radial, 4(5)-lobed; stamens epipetalous, alternate corolla lobes, generally included; ovary generally inferior, chambers generally 2 or 4, style 1(2). Fruit: drupe, berry, or 2 or 4 nutlets [capsule]. Genera In Family: +- 500 genera, 6000 species: worldwide, especially tropics; many cultivated, including Coffea, coffee; Cinchona, quinine; many ornamental. Note:Diodia teres Walter doubtfully in California. eFlora Treatment Author: Robert E. Preston & Lauramay T. Dempster, except as noted Scientific Editor: Douglas H. Goldman, Bruce G. Baldwin.
Common Name: CROSS-WORT Habit: Annual. Leaf: whorled, opposite in inflorescence. Inflorescence: spike; bracts overlapping, 3 per flower. Flower: calyx 0; corolla tubular, lobes 4--5, erect; style divided distally, stigmas spheric. Fruit: nutlets 2, wider distally. Etymology: (Latin: little cross, presumably from corolla lobes)
Crucianella angustifolia L.
NATURALIZED Habit: Plant erect or +- decumbent. Stem: 12--30 cm, 4-angled. Leaf: in whorls of 4, 8--25 mm, linear. Inflorescence: 2.5--7.5 cm, dense, narrow, 4-angled, +- grass-like; bracts scarious, rib green, tip sharp. Flower: corolla white or yellow. Fruit: glabrous. Chromosomes: 2n=22. Ecology: Disturbed areas in grassland, foothill woodland, yellow-pine forest; Elevation: 30--1100 m. Bioregional Distribution: s KR, NCoRI, s CaR, n SN, e ScV, SCoRO; Distribution Outside California: Idaho; native to Europe. Flowering Time: Apr--Jun Jepson eFlora Author: Robert E. Preston & Lauramay T. Dempster Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Crucianella Next taxon: Diodia
Botanical illustration including Crucianella angustifolia
Citation for this treatment: Robert E. Preston & Lauramay T. Dempster 2012, Crucianella angustifolia, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=21172, accessed on April 28, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 28, 2024.
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